The Neolithic Revolution was known as the beginning of agriculture, it was a change in th way people lived. As many have heard, long ago there were people who roamed the earth known as Nomads. These people survived by hunting for food. When hunting for food became scarce in an area, they would move to another location and rebuild their living environment and hunt for food again. According to scientist, their not sure how this period in history took place, but they assumed that a 10,000 years ago women scattered seeds near one of their camp site, and when they came back to that very camp site they found crops growing(figuring that women were the ones who gathered fruits, berries, and grass). This shifted their culture from food-gathering to food-producing culture.
Eventually they made permanent settlements, creating villages that were ran by chief elders. Social classes were also established during this period,a persons social class was determined by the work they did. Priest and warriors were on the top of the class , while craftsmen and farmers were at the bottom of the class. As well as creating civilization, they created new technology, such as tools, calenders,plows, and weapons. They also came up with new methods on how to maintain their crops, methods such as the slash - burn farming, which was where they cut trees or grasses and burned them clear a field. The ashes that remained after burning the fields would remain in the soil , the ashes fertilized the soil. They came up with the process of domestication, meaning the taming of animals, and plants.
The Neolithic Revolution as you can see paved the way for us to live in ease many years later.
Eventually they made permanent settlements, creating villages that were ran by chief elders. Social classes were also established during this period,a persons social class was determined by the work they did. Priest and warriors were on the top of the class , while craftsmen and farmers were at the bottom of the class. As well as creating civilization, they created new technology, such as tools, calenders,plows, and weapons. They also came up with new methods on how to maintain their crops, methods such as the slash - burn farming, which was where they cut trees or grasses and burned them clear a field. The ashes that remained after burning the fields would remain in the soil , the ashes fertilized the soil. They came up with the process of domestication, meaning the taming of animals, and plants.
The Neolithic Revolution as you can see paved the way for us to live in ease many years later.
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